On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 7:46 AM Nick Black <dankamong...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Richard Shaw left as an exercise for the reader: > > So the only problem I see is that notcurses depends on ffmpeg, which is > not > > allowed in Fedora. I see it's technically "optional", but I wonder about > > the usefulness of the resultant package without it. > > ooh, I was unaware of this. FFmpeg is only used for > decoding/scaling images and video. An NCURSES-like level of > functionality is possible without it, one which will still > benefit from e.g. RGB color and multithreading safety. > Up to you which way to go... I don't see packaging it in RPM Fusion as a problem. I would think most people who would be interested in this package would likely not have a problem enabling RPM Fusion. I've been considering throwing another image-decoding backend > into the project, as FFmpeg draws in a huge dependency chain on > Debian as well. What's the preferred "kitchen sink" image > decoder these days? libimagemagick? What's recommended for > Fedora/Rawhide, if I ideally want to: > > 1) throw a file/memory buffer at the lib without having to know > anything about image format, > 2) get 24-bit RGB or 32-bit RGBA back, and > 3) have it handle scaling? > The best candidate I can think of that would at least handle 2 and 3 would be OpenImageIO (which I maintain for Fedora). I'm not an expert at using it though, but it is a dependency for Blender for Cycles rendering. It's well maintained and the author is very helpful and responds to questions quickly via the mailing list. It in combination with OpenColorIO (which I also maintain) have been used in production of several animated movies so you know it's very robust. > It's technically possible to be sponsored at RPM Fusion first (I was) but > > it's not preferred. Perhaps one of your other projects could be submitted > > here first? > > I'm not sure I understand your meaning. Do you have a page I can > reference? Thanks! > Unlike Debian, Fedora is hosted in the US so RPM Fusion exists to package programs with patent/licensing issues (rpmfusion-free) including binary blobs like the NVidia drivers (rpmfusion-nonfree). Only fully FOSS without patent or licences issues can be packaged in Fedora. Thanks, Richard
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